tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060986873100068562024-03-13T12:46:54.291-07:00By the Light of the Silvery MoonTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.comBlogger514125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-20825235034636198372020-01-19T18:50:00.003-08:002020-01-21T16:46:18.615-08:00Day One Hundred Two: Rhodie Garden in January
Beginning my project of keeping track of seasonal aspect and change at the Rhodie Garden throughout 2020. This was the first sunny day without rain for a few weeks and people were out en masse, happy and sociable.
Many trees are bare and showing their woody shapes and colors, squirrels are fat, the air has a sweet smell and the soil is saturated.
Go to https://TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-2077752067509997242019-12-26T11:59:00.001-08:002019-12-26T11:59:54.389-08:00Day One Hundred One: Skies Ablaze in the Morning
Woke up at daybreak one morning in early December,
took a look from my window and ran outside
to capture the most colorful sky of the year.
Most of the broad-leaf trees were open and bare
with dark trunks in the early morning light.
Conifers looked closed and secretive.
If you were a bird, where would you shelter?
YellowsTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-70793021701307804552019-10-28T15:10:00.000-07:002019-10-28T15:18:29.911-07:00Day One Hundred: The Queen in All Her Glory
When I first visited Bryan Texas to see Dean and Adrienne, I was immediately taken with this old movie palace, The Queen. It was weathered, even decrepit. It showed colors and details revealed by aging in the hot sun and heavy rainstorms. Here are two photos from 2009 and one from just last week, ten years later in October 2019.
There is beauty and mystery here. TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-12668423044040970622019-10-05T18:59:00.001-07:002019-10-05T18:59:24.386-07:00Day Ninety-Nine: Geology Walk Downtown NorthLove the geology walks in down Portland, sponsored and led by folks from the Geology Society of the Oregon Country (GSOC).
This green-grey slate building is my favorite skyscraper.
These markings in the slate patio floor show how deep pressures forced a softer rock material to buckle, illustrating geologic forces.
Sandstone buildings show exfoliation from rainfall TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-78138715660064348352019-09-08T15:17:00.002-07:002019-09-08T15:17:56.897-07:00Day Ninety-Eight: Along the Springwater Corridor
Grey afternoon along the trail, looking for a way to see Johnson
Creek up close. Our first Fall rain day, albeit more of a drizzle. Great Blue Heron wading in the creek, why not me? TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-20720116393300899532019-09-06T18:00:00.001-07:002019-09-06T18:00:49.772-07:00Day Ninety-Seven: After Sally Mann
From her book, What Remains
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-39781347977807303752019-09-05T14:16:00.000-07:002019-09-08T15:00:26.172-07:00Day Ninety-Six: Neat Little Dogwood at Powell Butte
"Small heads of inconspicuous flowers surrounded by an involucre of large, typically white petal-like bracts." These look like bracts but not "petal-like bracts."
Wikipedia
"Dogwoods have simple, untoothed leaves with the veins curving distinctively as they approach the leaf margins." This description fits what we saw on the butte.
Wikipedia
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-66346640071235731322019-09-04T18:55:00.001-07:002019-09-05T07:29:08.949-07:00Day Ninety-Five: Trees, trees, trees. Emil the forester came to visit and all we did was trees. Day One Friday: visit to the park site where we were going to participate in a citizen science tree inventory for the PPR Urban Forestry project. Between us, we saw many trees we knew and quite a few that seemed transplanted from my days in Virginia. Or were hiding secret forest creatures.
How many faces doTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-75461205875250770222019-08-12T17:26:00.001-07:002019-08-12T17:41:43.951-07:00Day Ninety-Four: On the Reed Canyon Bridge
Color, Texture, Depth
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-45279213610843590432019-08-12T15:35:00.000-07:002019-08-12T15:37:09.215-07:00Day Ninety-Three: Paint Leaves InkLearning paint, collage and ink techniques has been high on my agenda lately, not to mention developing color palettes and using worn, holey and browning leaves. Last year I used whole and pretty leaves for several projects; right now I like the grizzled and insect-chewn specimens. Leaves that have gone through gelli printing are tough and fun to play with. Here is what is TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-75146646407151000452019-08-12T14:48:00.003-07:002019-08-12T17:18:14.742-07:00Day Ninety-Two: Oscar in Black and White: One Hot Day
Just having some fun with shapes and lines
during the mini-heatwave.
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-13817319272724085822019-07-30T10:44:00.004-07:002019-08-12T17:17:15.079-07:00Day Ninety-One: Looking Closely In Macro Mode, Harvest
Berries on the Refuge
Berries in the Hood
Edges in the Hood
Edges On the Refuge
Bedstraw in Fruit, My Favorite
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-36658325020294083712019-07-22T10:40:00.002-07:002019-08-12T17:18:29.222-07:00Day Ninety: Rugby on a Hot DayTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-70620988336200553032019-07-22T10:31:00.001-07:002019-08-12T17:18:44.164-07:00Day Eighty-Nine: On the 45th Parallel
After a ten-day break from posting photos, here was an irresistible opportunity on the 45th parallel while hiking in southern Washington. Wildflowers were still out in this woodsy area and we heard a Flicker call out a warning as we trekked by.
It was great to be on the trail again.
The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-65130731535932519832019-07-12T13:04:00.001-07:002019-08-12T17:19:04.646-07:00Day Eighty-Eight: Rowers on the Willamette with View of DowntownTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-57178873387575456792019-07-08T10:45:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:19:23.774-07:00Day Eighty-Seven: Belmont Street Sunday AfternoonTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-49965466707959152522019-07-04T19:02:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:20:15.529-07:00Day Eighty-Six: Ethereal Oregano
Very small flower, macro mode Canon Powershot;
mostly beautiful, some depth of field problems.
Perhaps the Nikon can do better.
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-79491825550894824902019-07-02T15:16:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:21:24.326-07:00Day Eighty-Five: Morning Walk & What I Saw
Dogs say: we love the park
Cat says: I never go near that park; too many dogs.
Cones and needles say: Let's just make some pretty symmetry
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-129668223054003032019-06-30T20:27:00.002-07:002019-08-12T17:22:06.114-07:00Day Eighty-Four: The Pineapple Mint Begins to Show Flower Buds
Pineapple mint purchased in May to entice the local hummingbirds. Finally a vibrant bud
appears, 2mm in length. Just could not get the bud in focus with the Canon in macro setting. Do like other features of this shot: leaf veins and hairs, striking color.
Looking forward to when the plant is covered in blooms and hummers abound.
The first TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-61384181463976537962019-06-27T18:17:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:23:17.824-07:00Day Eighty-Three: Orange Collage after Dennis Hopper
This was such a fun project, developed over the month of June. Hopper's collage is at least twice as large as mine so I had to choose which elements to include.
Wish I could see his piece in real life; mine has a
lot of dimensionality; expect his does as well.
Hopper collage from the book, Collage, the Making of
Modern Art. 2004.
My collage, TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-50285252632281534322019-06-26T16:52:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:23:32.190-07:00Day Eighty-Two: At Otto'sTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-73910186534597851242019-06-25T18:58:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:24:12.069-07:00Day Eighty-One: On My Way Home I Saw a Mountain
Northbound, in the air, this mountain appeared in the east before we saw Mount Hood.
So lovely to be back in the PNW.
Taken with iPhone out the airplane window
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-86607728840055621772019-06-19T13:48:00.001-07:002019-06-19T13:48:58.245-07:00Day Eighty: Green and Right AnglesTinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-90276349404660424312019-06-18T16:36:00.001-07:002019-08-12T17:28:43.356-07:00Day Seventy-Nine: The Canon G10 Steps Right Up
This point & shoot is eleven years old, fits in my pocket and sometimes it blows me away.
TinaPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13711273219118159079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306098687310006856.post-46081767884922467762019-06-18T16:12:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:27:56.454-07:00Day Seventy-Eight: What It Says On the Label
Discount Mini Mart
Nick Nack Nook
Pickled Beets
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